White House blocks CNN from traveling on Air Force One
The White House blocked CNN from traveling with President Donald Trump on Air Force One for a trip Saturday to Knoxville, Tennessee, according to two people familiar with it. with the decision, who spoke on condition of anonymity to share sensitive…
Iran War Updates: Tehran offers 7-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz as it seeks deal before US midterms
Tarek al-Salami, 7, sat in a diaper, looking fragile. Normally, the malnutrition and diarrhea that weakened her small frame would have been cured within a few days, but nothing is normal in Yemen anymore. Tarek’s father transported him on foot from…
US has more thalidomide survivors than government admits: NPR
Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, then a pharmacologist at the Food and Drug Administration, holds three packages of Contergan, the German brand of thalidomide, on October 15, 1962. Kelsey blocked the FDA from approving the drug for general use in the United…
Athens explosion: one dead, five missing in blast near Acropolis in Plaka district – BBC
Explosion in Athens: one dead and five missing in an explosion near the Acropolis, in the Plaka district BBC One dead, five missing after explosion destroys building in Athens Reuters.com An explosion near the Acropolis in Greece injures 2 and collapses…
Saudi Omar Al-Bayoumi, “guardian angel” of two September 11 terrorists
On January 15, 2000, two young Saudis landed at LAX, Los Angeles International Airport. Khalid Al-Mihdhar and Nawaf Al-Hazmi set foot in the United States for the first time: they do not speak a word of English but have the firm intention of learning the…
Xi ends his visit to Washington with an image of understanding with Trump
A visit rich in symbolism but poor in results likely to resolve tensions between the world’s two leading economic powers. Chinese President Xi Jinping completed his three-day state trip to Washington on Friday, September 25. In their desire to…
Those responsible for the energy crisis are in Washington and Moscow
HASver the weeks go by, the world continues to experience the severity of what already constitutes one of the most serious energy crises in its history. The executive director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, has estimated for months that…
In Javier Milei’s Argentina, poverty now affects nearly one in three people
Poverty in Argentina experienced a significant rebound in the first half of 2026, marking the reversal of a downward trend for more than two years, to affect 32.3% of the population, according to official figures published Thursday September 24. The…
Donald Trump welcomes Xi Jinping in majesty to the White House to celebrate “strategic stability” between the United States and China
Xi Jinping during the state dinner given in his honor by Donald Trump, at the White House, in Washington, September 24, 2026. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP Red carpet, military orchestra, gestures of deference, popular state dinner. The diplomatic dialogue…
“Israel did not commit genocide. Israel prevented genocide”: Netanyahu offensive at the UN
“They accuse Israel, tiny Israel, of colonialism, what colonialism?” Benjamin Netanyahu exclaimed from the UN podium. “Among them are people in Britain and France. Hell, they’re the ones who invented the term,” he said, noting that…